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Lessons for Kenya from Obama’s visithttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Lessons-for-Kenya-from-Obama-s-visit/-/539548/2817382/-/d3tm88z/-/index.html
President Barack Obama’s trip to Kenya was historic seeing he was the first sitting American president to visit the country.2015-08-02T10:53:24ZEDITORIAL: Implement tobacco lawshttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Implement-tobacco-laws/-/539548/2817378/-/jtu0i9/-/index.html
It is indeed quite shocking to hear the Health minister state that powerful individuals are working behind the scenes to delay enforcement of the stringent tobacco laws that were to take effect in June.2015-08-02T10:49:29ZEDITORIAL: Resolve Kenya, South Africa visa row amicablyhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/-/539548/2817376/-/13dmmimz/-/index.html
Kenyans are eagerly waiting to see whether this week’s talks between government officials and their South African counterparts to resolve a visa standoff will bear any fruit.2015-08-02T10:49:21ZWhat Kenya must do to comfortably service its ballooning public debthttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/-/539548/2817368/-/13dmmjgz/-/index.html
What is required to address Kenya’s debt problem is to first, drastically cut down on recurrent expenditure.2015-08-02T10:39:50ZAfrica rising should factor in human, natural capitalhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Africa-rising-should-factor-in-human-capital/-/539548/2817364/-/m7sfbkz/-/index.html
Africa needs a handful of visionary leaders within government to gain momentum for the sustainable growth agenda.2015-08-02T10:34:35ZCorruption poses biggest challenge to developmenthttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Corruption-poses-biggest-challenge-to-development/-/539548/2814490/-/xc4r08z/-/index.html
Corruption impedes development and minimises the ability of the governments to provide services to its citizens and reduce poverty.2015-07-30T15:47:44ZOverhaul financial control in public sectorhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Overhaul-financial-control-in-public-sector/-/539548/2814488/-/neb4lj/-/index.html
I propose a quantum leap in the standards of accounting and public financial management in the public sector.2015-07-30T15:47:38ZEDITORIAL: Stop EACC shenaniganshttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Stop-EACC-shenanigans/-/539548/2814478/-/os2hflz/-/index.html
There is a smell of shenanigans in the renewed confrontations between Members of Parliament and the Ethics and Anti-Corruption Commission (EACC) secretariat.2015-07-30T15:41:36ZEDITORIAL: KRA must help firms to comply with new tax ruleshttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/KRA-must-help-firms-to-comply-with-new-tax-rules/-/539548/2814476/-/xm759hz/-/index.html
The Kenya Revenue Authority must not take advantage of its legal authority to muzzle businesses and run them out of business.2015-07-30T15:41:23ZWhy you should shift investment portfolio to bondshttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Why-you-should-shift-investment-portfolio-to-bonds/-/539548/2814468/-/5oha9tz/-/index.html
At the current levels, interest rates are already hurting stock market valuations.2015-07-30T15:35:02ZKenya’s vibrant real estate sector needs clear rules to instill orderhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/real-estate-sector-needs-clear-rules-/-/539548/2814454/-/xr5l81z/-/index.html
We must ensure the industry is properly regulated for more Kenyans to start planning their homes and shopping in a secured environment.2015-07-30T15:24:45ZNadella: Why I chose Kenya for Windows 10 global launchhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Why-I-chose-Kenya-for-Windows-10-global-launch/-/539548/2814404/-/c3j8st/-/index.html
Microsoft on Wednesday launched its highly anticipated Windows 10 operating system.2015-07-30T14:59:43ZKenyans deserve good services from their leadershttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Kenyans-deserve-good-services-from-their-leaders/-/539548/2813420/-/13wwcks/-/index.html
Kenyans believe that we need a change in course and are united in this belief and the conviction that real change is what we need as a country to move forward.2015-07-29T16:42:07ZWhy we must take huge risks on energyhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Why-we-must-take-huge-risks-on-energy/-/539548/2813418/-/12pgdeb/-/index.html
Across the globe, the electricity sector evolved as integrated regional monopolies largely owned by governments.2015-07-29T16:41:58ZEDITORIAL: Africa must fix its leadershiphttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Africa-must-fix-its-leadership/-/539548/2813402/-/t1uf53z/-/index.html
Africa is a continent of many challenges it must overcome to realise its desired goal of lifting millions from poverty, and improving the quality of lives.2015-07-29T16:33:46ZEDITORIAL: Safeguard integrity of public finance at all costshttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Safeguard-integrity-of-public-finance-at-all-costs/-/539548/2813400/-/am6qnr/-/index.html
Auditor-General Edward Ouko has once again dutifully documented the mischief government employees have been up to as far as handling of taxpayers’ cash goes.2015-07-29T16:33:40ZHow Bitcoin lending can transform the lives of Kenyanshttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/How-Bitcoin-lending-can-transform-the-lives-of-Kenyans/-/539548/2813392/-/p8l0w3/-/index.html
Bitcoin, the digital currency and decentralised public ledger system, has been in the news for all the right reasons recently.2015-07-29T16:28:11ZIs writing a regular column a lot harder than it looks?http://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Is-writing-a-regular-column-a-lot-harder-than-it-looks-/-/539548/2813372/-/4navo6/-/index.html
On the eighth anniversary of my first column in the Business Daily, I thought it would be good to reflect back on the 225 or so articles I have delivered since then.2015-07-29T16:10:29ZIt’s time we all took charge of our destinyhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/It-s-time-we-all-took-charge-of-our-destiny-/-/539548/2812350/-/dykou2/-/index.html
Prior to US President Barack Obama’s historic visit that lived up to the media generated hype, Kenyans were notably preoccupied with issues of corruption and insecurity.2015-07-28T16:38:50ZEDITORIAL: Neighbours fuelling warhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Neighbours-fuelling-war/-/539548/2812326/-/147d20bz/-/index.html
A year and a half into South Sudan’s civil war, with thousands of people dead and millions homeless, the world is still grappling with how to compel the warring parties to end the conflict.2015-07-28T16:24:01ZEDITORIAL: Use IFMIS to wipe out wasteful procurementhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Use-IFMIS-to-wipe-out-wasteful-procurement/-/539548/2812322/-/pme2ud/-/index.html
A new report by the Nairobi County assembly shows that the county government paid for wheelbarrows, rakes and shovels above market prices in a closed tender.2015-07-28T16:23:54ZDon’t sell your stocks out of panichttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Don-t-sell-your-stocks-out-of-panic/-/539548/2812302/-/6078k3/-/index.html
If you have lost money from existing holdings, there is little point in panic or selling now unless the company you are invested in is highly likely to go bankrupt.2015-07-28T16:15:05ZAfter JFK, Obama poised to join roll of most effective American leadershttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/Obama-is-among-America-s-most-effective-leaders/-/539548/2812246/-/ss92gkz/-/index.html
Barack Obama may be counted as one of the most effective presidents America ever had in the past half century.2015-07-28T15:31:06ZWe must unleash the potential of Africa’s youthhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/We-must-unleash-the-potential-of-Africa-s-youth/-/539548/2811044/-/4tag9hz/-/index.html
Empowering Africa’s youth is one of the most serious challenges facing the continent today. Although many African countries are experiencing an economic boom, youth unemployment is at a crisis stage.2015-07-27T16:14:45ZVAT: That invisible item in your trolleyhttp://www.businessdailyafrica.com/Opinion-and-Analysis/VAT--That-invisible-item-in-your-trolley/-/539548/2811042/-/92qqruz/-/index.html
While the 30 per cent tax on income impacts how much ends up in your pocket, VAT is one of those taxes that often appears as a line item on your receipt but which most people do not pay attention to.2015-07-27T16:13:28Z